There are people who have unusual eating habits, especially when it comes to certain periods of time. Now, a new research seems to suggest that if you prefer eating at unusual times you might end up having skin problems. Also, this habit will make you an easy prey for the dangerous UV rays. Some experts from various American universities have conducted multiple studies on mice. This is how they reached the conclusion that eating at weird hours affects the natural clock of our skin. It’s all because of an enzyme called XPA which slows down its activity as a result of bizarre eating schedules.

Weird eating schedules affects our skin

The author of the study, doctor Takahashi, explained that what they managed to discover comes as a really big surprise. Nobody, not even the experts, had any idea that our skin had anything to do with the periods of time when we choose to eat. They carried out their experiments on mice. The experts found out that if they received and ate food during the day, which is bizarre considering they are nocturnal creatures, they ended up developing serious skin issues because of the UV rays. Moreover, the fact that they changed the eating habits of the mice made their genes alter in about 10% of cases.

The exact cause of this phenomenon is still a very big mystery. Why does this XPA enzyme changes its activity if we eat at abnormal times? This is why the teams promised to conduct even more tests and studies in order to find out why is this phenomenon taking place. Also, if it has the same impact on human skin as it has on the mice’s skin. Another expert admitted that right now, it’s difficult to imagine that bizarre eating hours can have a very serious effect on humans. Still, they have to find out if this is indeed true.

A fascinating discovery

Most of the researchers declared themselves fascinated by this discovery. Who knew that our skin reacted to our eating schedules? Still, people should know that if they eat at relatively normal times during the day, chances are that your skin will not suffer this much from the effects of the UV rays.

It seems like scientists are always trying to come up ideas and experiments to make our life and health easier. Recently, it seems like they have been testing some tiny robots. They are half the size of a human hair and have the purpose to heal various diseases. At least, this is the plan for the future. They are called “micromotors” and the experts have reportedly reached some amazing conclusions after their tests. The journal Nature Communications has published a research according to which those experts programmed the small robots to travel through a person’s digestive system. Their mission is to release a substance which fights gastric liquids. After that, they also release antibiotics to solve that specific problem.

An unusual healing method

The experts from the University of California wanted to test those robots by making them heal ulcers. The first step was to give the patient those robots orally, for five days. A bit later, they actually discovered that the proton pump inhibitors were the best solution when it came to fighting the acid in the stomach. It’s worth noting that those tiny robots are actually round magnesium cores. Over them, they have lots of different layers. One layer treats the disease, one protects the robots while the other allows it to stick to the walls of the stomach. Inside the body, they are moving thanks to hydrogen bubbles which result from the interaction of the magnesium with the acid.

In about 20 minutes after a person ingests them, the robots begin releasing the antibiotic. Also, it’s worth noting that people shouldn’t worry about them being forever inside them. After they finish their job, those robots dissolve without leaving any trace. After a day, the stomach will be completely healed and will function properly.

Tiny little robots

This was reportedly the very first such experiment with these robots. The experts wanted to do this because usually, antibiotics and gastric acid do not bode well. The acid destroys the drug therefore preventing it from healing the person. They made this experiment using laboratory mice and noticed the beneficial effects. At the moment, this technology cannot be used to cure people. However, this is a huge step forward. Maybe, someday, it will become a routine procedure.

According to a CBS report from this week, Iceland has officially become the leading nation when it comes to eliminating the births of babies with the Down syndrome. Sure, people might assume that Iceland has discovered a revolutionary treatment or has a better way of handling this problem. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The northern country has found a very simple but dark solution. They make future mother undergo prenatal tests in order to discover if they will have a baby with Down syndrome. If that’s the case, the woman will do an abortion. This is all for the country’s purpose of eradicating every bearer of Down syndrome that will come into this world.

Getting rid of babies with Down syndrome

It’s worth noting that nobody forces those women to take this prenatal test. However, the Icelandic government encourages doctors to tell them about this possibility and warn them about the consequences. There is a striking 85% of pregnant women who choose to take this test. More terrifying is that almost 100% of those who find out they’ll have a baby with Down syndrome choose to do an abortion. Shocking figures are telling us that only two sick babies are born in this country every year. This is mainly because of tests that have not been done right or had a false result. So, by mistake.

The main problem with this recent article is that its authors are talking about this method as if it was something completely normal. For them, morals are not part of this process. The same report states that there are other countries who follow the same path, but that they haven’t reached Iceland’s level of “perfect births”. The problem here is that Iceland is not getting rid of a disease. It’s getting rid of its people.

A terrifying method

Also, it’s worth noting that the article makes this method sound more like the next step into the future than a mass murder. Moreover, it seems like the problem goes even deeper. Why are those people, and those mothers accepting such a treatment for their babies? This is not something that should happen, especially in a country like Iceland. Actually, this is not something that any country should allow in order to have that perfect score. It’s unacceptable.

According to a team of experts from the Johns Hopkins University, they may have finally discovered a blood test that can inform people they have cancer even before symptoms start showing up. The researchers explained that this special blood test successfully detected the main forms of cancers in people: colon, lung, breast and ovarian cancer. The study, which the journal Science Translational Medicine published, says that there are still some important step to complete before suing this test as a way of discovering cancer. However, we are on the right path and if proven successful, this could be one of the greatest medical discoveries of all time.

A special blood test

According to professor Victor Velculescu, those liquid biopsies have always been praised by doctors from all over the world. The problem was that their efficiency was connected to the later stages of cancer. Or, it worked on already diagnosed patients. Now, this study could prove that this blood test can find the earliest signs of cancer. Mainly because the blood of those people suffers some modifications. In order to reach this conclusion, the team took blood from people who had already received a stage 1 cancer diagnosis. This test discovered the disease in more than half of them. It discovered late-stage cancers even more accurately. However, this test would be phenomenal if it could discover the earliest signs of cancer.

Many liquid biopsies on the market right now can detect if the cancer treatment is doing its job. However, no such biopsy exists when it comes to finding cancer in a person who had no idea they had it. According to Velculescu, it’s the easiest thing to discover a tumor when you know what and where to look for. The idea of this study was to create a test that would discover cancer without being aware of the modifications a person’s body was going through.

Could be a phenomenal discovery

However, even if the test got decent results, it wasn’t anything amazing. This is way the team needs to do more research before saying that this blood test can surely detect cancer. Also, it’s important to try it on people who suffer from various forms of cancer. This way, they can see if it can discover the signs.

It seems like children nationwide are nowadays concerned with things they shouldn’t be concerned with as ways of entertainment. They no longer play with dolls or cars. They spill billing water on their friends, for fun. This new and very dangerous trend called the hot water challenge is inflicting severe wounds on children in the entire country. Moreover, some children even died because of this game. According to those familiar with this challenge, kids were inspired to do it after watching some videos on YouTube.

The hot water challenge

They are saying that this dangerous game requires someone to pour boiling water on a friend that is unaware of it. What’s worse is that in certain cases, some kids dare their friends to drink water that has been boiled, through a straw. This is actually how an 8-year old girl from Florida lost her life.

It all happened on July 10, after her cousin challenged her to drink boiling water from a glass, using a straw. The girl was left with severe burns on her mouth and throat. Her parents quickly took her to a nearby hospital. The doctors had no other option but to perform a tracheotomy on her. This procedure left her with extremely severe respiratory issues. It all seemed to go well until one night, the little girl told her parents that she wasn’t able to breathe. Quickly after, she lost her consciousness and later passed away.

More recently, an 11-year old girl from Bronx ended up with serious burns after some of her friends played this game. They took it as a joke and poured boiling water on her entire face. And those cases are not the only ones. Now, parents from all over the country are warning parents about the enormous dangers of this trend.

An extremely dangerous game

All parents, tutors, grandparents and older siblings should warn little children about the huge dangers of the hot water challenge. Moreover, that they should never try to do something they saw during a YouTube video. Also, parents should be very careful about what the kids are watching on the Internet. They should care about those things and avoid such tragedies from happening ever again.

According to a new study which the journal Biology Letters published, scientists may have finally discovered the mystery behind the so-called Frankenstein dinosaur. The bizarre thing was that it was apparently composed of pieces that were not related to each other and from completely different species. Well, according to this new research, this bizarre dinosaur fossil might be the missing puzzle piece that is linking carnivorous dinosaurs with vegetarian ones. This study also sheds some light on a special dinosaur species called the ornithischians. According to the expert who conducted the study, the Frankenstein dinosaur is nothing else but one of the very first ornithischians.

The Frankenstein dinosaur

One of the Cambridge experts said that they were in the dark for such a long time because of the unique way I which those dinosaurs were evolving and ended up looking. They were very different than our idea of a dinosaur. Until this study, nobody knew how an ornithischian dinosaur actually looked like. This weird creature, also called Chilesaurus, was discovered about two years ago. When scientists analyzed it, the fossil baffled them. Its body and arms resembled that of a T. rex, the legs were like a Brontosaurus, and the hips looked very much like those of a Stegosaurus. This amazed and puzzled the experts who had no idea where did it fit.

It’s also worth noting that paleontologists have always considered this group of dinosaurs rather weird. This study also revealed that the ornithischians have many things in common with those carnivorous beasts like the T. rex. The new and updated dinosaur family tree’s name is the “Baron tree”. It reportedly makes much more sense now. However, the c-author of the study explained that this rearrangement does more than introduce the Frankenstein dinosaur among its relatives. It provides an explanation regarding the evolutionary process of those beasts and how they split from one another.

Mystery solved

It’s also perfectly normal that many are arguing against the Baron tree and are saying that is not accurate. However, the experts at Cambridge think that it could very well replace the current dinosaur family tree. This one has been here for about 130 years. Maybe, it needs an update to remain relevant.

A new study might have some very bad news for those people who only prefer to buy expensive wine because it supposedly has a much better taste. A team of experts from the University of Bronn in Germany have reached the conclusion that an expensive wine bottle tricks our brains into believing it has a better taste than regular wine. It all has to do with the reward center in our brains. We are unintentionally expecting the wine we bought to taste better because we paid a lot of money for it. Our way of thinking then affects the parts in the brain that process taste.

Expensive wine tricks our brain

So, in our head, expensive means quality. A bottle for which we paid a large sum of money will inevitably taste better than one which was not that expensive. At least this is what our brain tricks us into believing. You take a sip from it and immediately you think is one of the best wines in existence, just because it costs a lot. And this also applies to other products which we think are better just because they are more expensive. Bernd Weber, the Director of the University of Bronn who took part in the study, said that the parts in our brain that have to do with motivation and reward become more active when there are higher prices involved. Therefore, the experience of tasting wine changes and actually increases a lot.

The journal Scientific Reports published this interesting study. In order to reach this conclusion, the team of experts asked the volunteers to lay down inside a MRI scanner. At the same time, someone was pouring small amounts of qualitative wine from a cheap bottle into their mouths. They were also given some prices which were pretty high.

It’s all inside our head

It seems like the participants assessed the wine taste differently depending on how much they thought it cost. However, they drank from the exact same wine all this time. This is actually a trick that the marketing business uses on people. If they manage to make you think that something more expensive is better, they win. A solution would be to completely ignore all those labels and buy and consume only what you like. Or, to train your sense so well that you can detect what products are indeed of higher quality.

According to reports, Meegan Hefford, a bodybuilder from Western Australia died after consuming a diet which was too rich in protein. Meegan had two children. She was reportedly preparing for a competition which will take place in September. Hefford consumed lots of protein shakes, and foods and supplements which had a high amount of protein in them. It seems like someone found her in her apartment. She was unconscious and was immediately taken to a nearby hospital. The doctors there declared her brain dead and unfortunately, they couldn’t save her. Meegan died two days later, in the hospital.

A diet that killed her

Meegan reportedly started her bodybuilding career back in 2014. Since then, she had been taking part in important competitions. It seems like in the weeks prior to her tragic passing, she was following an even more drastic exercise routine and protein diet. She was 25-years old and a paramedic trainee. So, in order to get ready for this important September competition, she was making huge efforts to get in the best shape possible. However, it seems like this brought her sudden and unexpected death.

It’s worth noting that after her death, during the autopsy, the doctors discovered that she had been suffering from a very rare disorder called urea cycle disorder. This doesn’t allow the human body to break down protein. Because of this, dangerous amounts of ammonia can gather in one’s bloodstream. Also, it can lead to a large amount of fluid on a person’s brain. So, the doctors established her cause of death as being the large amount of protein she ingested, in combination with the disease she had and she didn’t know about. Her mom said that she told Meegan to stop for a bit or to slow down her routine which was getting crazy-difficult. She noticed that her Meegan was struggling a bit too much.

A deadly protein intake

It seems like Meegan was going to the gym two times a day to prepare for the competition. Her mother noticed that she was plaining about begin tired all the time and not feeling fresh. However, she thought that her routine was at fault. Her mother said that the someone should regulate those supplements because too many people consume them. And like her daughter, many people can die.

There is only one week left until people living in the Oregon to South Carolina area are going to witness one of the most amazing space events in existence. On August 21, a solar eclipse is going to take place. Also, those who are not lucky enough to live in the areas where the eclipse will be visible from, will surely travel there. Still, people on the North American continent should know that they too will get to experience a partial solar eclipse. Recently, astronomers have been receiving lots of questions from people who are not very familiar with eclipses and what they are.

A phenomenal event

Experts are saying that only now people are realizing how important a total solar eclipse is. Also, how rare. This is why streets will be extremely busy and everyone should make sure that they are watching the eclipse completely prepared. Luckily, there is still enough time to get ready if someone hasn’t done it until now. Fr example, if you plan to travel or live in the path of totality of the eclipse, you’d better prepare as you would for a big storm. Because travelers will overcrowd cities, streets, stores and networks, you may need some supplies in case of an emergency. So, people would do good to fill up their tanks, have what they need already in their houses and avoid becoming stuck in traffic.

However, even if some people might consider this entire effort a bit too excessive, experts are reassuring them that it will all be worth it. A total solar eclipse is very rare and this would probably be your only chance in this lifetime to experience one. It may feel like there is a zombie apocalypse coming, but the dead won’t rise.

Preparing for the eclipse

Also, people should not get scared during the eclipse. It will become dark very fast and the sky will look like it has a hole in it. That would be the moon. Planets and stars will also be visible for everyone. Moreover, apart from the visual shock, there will be other changes. The temperature will decline fast and the wind will most probably start. Animals will not feel right and will have a restless behavior. However, this should not scare anyone. Those are just the normal effects of such a great space event.

The most recent Game of Thrones episode saw the much-anticipated return of a very loved character who we last saw back in season 3. The fact that he had never been on a boat his entire life became one of the most used memes in the TV show’s universe. It was only beaten by the famous “You know nothing, Jon Snow!”. On Sunday’s episode, called “Eastwatch”, Gendry returned from his boating adventures. Alive and well, the bastard son of former king Robert Baratheon looked stronger than never before. Now, fans are waiting for his reunion with Arya Stark, with whom he shared a special bond.

Gendry came back

Back in season three, Ser Davos took Gendry, an apparent useless blacksmith, and sent him away on a boat. However, because he was actually king Robert’s bastard son, he was in danger. Especially from the Red Priestess Melisandre, who wanted his blood for one of her Lord of Light sacrifices. Even Joe Dempsie, the actor who portrays Gendry, got involved in the joke about him never being on a boat. He even posted a Twitter message which read “Still rowin’”, when season 4 ended.

Recently, the actor offered an interesting interview during which he revealed what was life like after Gendry simply disappeared. He said that everyone kept asking him where he was, as his story never seemed finished. The truth was that he never knew where his character was. Ser Davos had saved him and it was time to go far and stay out of trouble. That’s all Dempsie knew. Also, he admitted that he started this meme-fest and encouraged fans to make fun of Gendry. A reference to him even appeared at one point in the TV show.

He got away from trouble

Therefore, as the fifth episode revealed, Gendry had been away, spending time in Fleabottom, the place he was born in. The episode also introduced a nice friendship between him and Jon Snow, two bastards who apparently bonded over their common experiences. Still, what will Gendry’s role be in the upcoming war? Many fans have speculated that his blacksmith skills will be needed to create Dragonslass weapons to fight the Whitewalkers. Until then, fans have posted their reactions on Twitter and some of them are deliciously-amusing.